CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 41-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    S.B. No. 2630

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2630, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize Hawaii Correctional Industries to sell inmate-made products and services on the open market to the general public;

     (2)  Authorize portions of the proceeds from the sales to first be credited as restitution to victims, then to the State, and lastly, if any balance is remaining, to the inmate; and

     (3)  Require the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a reentry academy for training and entrepreneurial resources.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the correctional industries program provides opportunities for committed persons to acquire marketable skills, prosocial behaviors, and positive work ethic while incarcerated, as well as reducing rates of recidivism after incarceration.  Establishing a training and mentoring program to assist the reentry of incarcerated persons will also promote the acquisition of valuable skills and reduce the risk of recidivism.  Your Committee on Conference further finds that the distribution of proceeds from the sale of inmate-made products and services is already provided for under existing law and that the inclusion of such language in this measure is redundant.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing language specifying the distribution of proceeds from the sale of inmate-made products and services; and

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $150,000 for the study to determine the feasibility of establishing the reentry academy for training and entrepreneurial resources.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2630, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2630, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair
____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Co-Chair